> Okay, alittle bit ago on the list I caught parts of a conversation talking >about using compact flash cards as ram.. I recently purchased a PCCard >Compact reader. And being that I only have 16megs on board I would like to >know how to do this... Anyone willing to give me the short, sweet version? >
It doesn't really work as "real" RAM but it can work as "virtual memory". You have the PC Card CF (or smartmedia) adapter, get a CF card, put them in the 1400 and format as MacOS (you could leave it PC format perhaps but I've not tried, it might be even slower access times if you do that (due to PCExchange- if it will even let you point VM to a nonMacOS format). In the memory control panel, point virtual memory to the CF card volume, and set the megs of VM to something sensible. Depending on your OS and use, 64 megs or so perhaps. You'll definitely notice a speed increase if you have the original HD installed, since you were almost certianly using VM anyway, and all the swapping to the HD would really slow you down- with VM on a different device, that helps a bit. If you have a faster drive than the original, you'll notice less speedup but less disk gronking which has to be good for battery life. CF has a limited # of R/W cycles but in actual use I've never read of one going bad after being used as VM. Some folks here have done this for quite some time. I wouldn't worry about it much. If you want to be really cool you can load a system folder onto the CF and even boot from it. Very fast startup, and very very quiet computer :) this is also good for a "rescue tools disk" or before running Speeddisk or whatever. The PC Card adapters also let you transfer photos from digital cameras straight to your laptop, which is mostly what I use mine for. Let us know how you perceive your improvement! Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
